docs: def stat(path, user=None):
      """
      Performs the equivalent of :func:`os.stat` on ``path``, returning a
      :class:`StatResult` object.
      """
      host, port, path_ = split(path, user)
      fs = hdfs_fs.hdfs(host, port, user)
      retval = StatResult(fs.get_path_info(path_))
      if not host:
          _update_stat(retval, path_)
      fs.close()
      return retval